Machine for evening broom-corn.



H. H. CURTIS.

MACHINE FOR EVENING BROOM CORN.

APPLIOATION FILED FEB. e, 1913.

1,076,025, Patented Oct. 21, 1913.

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.4 Witnesses Inventor J Attorneys H. H. CURTIS.

MACHINE FOR EVENING BROOM CORN.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 6, 1913.

1,076,025. Patented 00t.21,1913.

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Attorneys been HARRY I-I. CURTIS,

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ILLINOIS.

lVIACHINE FOR EVENING BEGUM-CORN.

- Application filed. February 6, 1913.

T all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HARRY H. CURTIs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Paris, in the county of Edgar and State of Illinois, have invented anew and useful Machine for Evening Broom-Corn, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to machines for evening broom corn so that the brush ends thereof will be held together compactly and waste in the formation of the bundles reduced to the minimum.

Another object is to provide improved means whereby the corn is formed into a compact bundle, and is securely held while being tied so that it can be easily removed from the machine.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings :Figure 1 is a front elevation of the machine, parts being broken away. Fig. 2 is a section on line AB Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the con nection between the drive shaft and the rod of the follower. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the guide member of the clutch shifting mechanism. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the slide adapted to work upon the guide member. Fig. 6 is a transverse section through the guide, the same being engaged by the slide.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a base having standards 2 connected by a top beam 3 on which are mounted sheaves 4 arranged in pairs as shown particularly in Fig. 2. Guide rods 5 are extended along the inner sides of the standards 2 and are slidably engaged by brackets -6 extending in opposite directions from a frusto-conical casing 7 which is open at its top and bottom and is provided with hinged doors 8. These doors are arched transversely so as to constitute continuations of the wall of the casing 7 when the.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Get. 21,1913.

Serial No. 746,644.

doors are closed. Any suitable means such as a spring drawn catch 9 and a lug 10, may be provided for securing the doors in closed position.

Fixedly mounted between the standards 2 and below the casing 7 is a table 11 which is preferably circular and has an upstanding wall 12. The lower end of the casing is smaller than the internal diameter of the compartment surrounded by the wall 12 and it will thus be seen that said casing is free to enter said compartment.

The table 11 is supported by a tubular support or pedestal 13 upon a cross bar 14 interposed between and secured to the standards 2. Slidably mounted within this pedestal and within the cross bar 14 and the table 11 is a rod 15 fixedly connected in any suitable manner to the center of a circularfollower 16 surrounded by the wall 12. The lower end. of the rod 15 is connected to a rectangular frame 17 having a slot 18 to the bottom wall of which is secured a gib 19 on which a bearing block 20 is mounted to slide. This block is engaged by a wrist pin 21. extending from a disk 22, which as shown in Fig. l, is arranged at one end of a drive shaft 23. Said shaft is journaled in brackets 24 extending upwardly from the base 1. A guide 25 is preferably arranged on the base and receives a rod 26 which alines with rod 15 and extends downwardly from the frame 17 Fixedly mounted on the shaft 23 is aconical clutch member 27 and a pulley 28 is mounted to slide and rotate on the shaft and said pulley constitutes a clutch member designed to cooperate with the member 27. Pulley 28 has a hub 29 engaged by a ring 30 formed at one end of an angular lever 31 which is fulcrunied, as at 32, to one of the standards 2. Ring 30 has an extension 33 to which is pivotally connected a link 34. This link is attached to one end of a slide 35 which, as shown in Fig. 5 is formed with a T-shaped slot 36 extending longitudinally therein and adapted to receive the flanges 37 which extend laterally from the lower edge of a web 38. This web extends downwardly from a plate 39 which is fixedly connected in any suitable manner to one of the standards 2. Slide 35 is also connected by a link 40 to one arm of a lever 41 fulcrumed, as at 42, upon the base 1. The other arm of said lever is connected to an upwardly eX- tending link 43 and the upper end of said link is pivotally connected, as at 14, to the short arm of a lever 15 fulcrumed on a post 46. The long arm of this lever 45 has a rod 17 or the like secured to it and extending upwardly therefrom, said rod being mounted in a guide 18 on one of the standards 2. The upper end of the rod is attached to a block 49 and extending from this block are cables 50 or other suitable flexible elements which are mounted on the guide sheaves 1 at one side of the machine, one of these flexible elements 50 being extended downwardly adjacent one of the standards while the other flexible element is extended over the sheaves 4 adjacent the other side of the machine and thence downwardly. Both of the flexible elements are attached to the brackets 6 extending outwardly from the upper portion of the casing 7.

A lever 51 is fulcrumed, as at 52, upon the post 46 and an arm 53 extends from lever 51 and has a longitudinal slot 54 within which is mounted a stud 55 which extends from the link 43.

It will be apparent from the foregoing description that by opening the doors 8, the broom corn can be placed easily within the casing 7 with the brush down after which doors 8 can be closed and fastened. This is all done while the casing is in its elevated position. After the doors have been closed, the lever 51 is pulled forwardly at its upper end and this will cause the arm 53 to push downwardly on stud 55. The long arm of lever 415 will thus swing upwardly and cause the casing 7 to gravitate toward the table 11. At the same time the link 43 will push on the long arm of lever 41 and the short arm of the lever will press, through link 10, against the slide 35 and shift said slide along the flanges 87 of the guide 89. The other link 34: will thus be pushed against the extension 33 and cause ring 30 to shift the pulley 28 laterally and into frictional engagement with the conical clutch member 27. Thus the pulley will be coupled to the shaft 23 and said shaft caused to rotate. During the rotation of the shaft, the wrist pin 21 will cause the rod 15 to reciprocate vertically and the follower 16 will be given a corresponding movement. This follower will thus jolt the broom corn rapidly in an upward direction and as the bundle of corn is resting on the follower 16, it will be seen that the corn will be quickly evened at its brush end. As soon as the evening operation has been completed, the movement of lever 51 is reversed and this results in the simultaneous disengagement of pulley 28 with clutch member 27 and elevation of the casing 7. As soon as the casing has been elevated the bundle of corn can be tied, after which doors 8 can be opened and the bundle removed.

What is claimed is 1. A machine for evening broom corn in cluding a bundle holding casing, a follower thereunder, a controlling lever, a drive element, and separate means operated by the lever for simultaneously lowering the cas ing toward the follower and coupling said drive element to the follower to reciprocate the follower. V

2. A machine for evening broom corn, including a casing mounted for up and down movement, a followerthereunder, jmechanism for reciprocating the follower, a drive element, a controlling lever, and separate means operated by the lever for simultaneously lowering the casing toward the follower and coupling said drive element to the follower actuating mechanism.

3. A.machine of the class described in cluding a frusto-conical casing having a door constituting a part of the wall thereof, means for raising and lowering the casing, and means adjacent one end of the casing for intermittently actuating the contents of the casing.

t. A machine of the class described including a casing, means for raising and lowering the casing, a follower adjacent one end of the casing and adapted to be contacted by the content-s of the casing, and means for reciprocating the follower.

5. A machine of the class described including a frusto-conical casing open at its ends, a door constituting a portion of the wall of the casing, a follower adjacent one end of the casing and adapted to be contacted by the contents thereof, means for raising and lowering the casing relative to the follower, and means for reciprocating the follower to level the contents of the casing.

6. A machine of the class described including a table having an upstanding mar ginal wall forming a receptacle, a follower mounted to reciprocate within the casing, a casing open at its ends for holding a bundle above the follower, and means for reciprocating the follower.

7. A machine of the class described including a casing open at its ends, means for raising and lowering the casing, a follower adjacent one end of the casing and adapted to be contacted by the contents thereof, a revoluble shaft, means actuated thereby for reciprocating the follower, a clutch member revoluble with the shaft, a drive member, and means under the control of the means used to raise and lower the casing, for shifting the drive element into and out of engagement with the clutch member.

8. A machine of the class described including a casing open at its ends, means for raising and lowering the casing, a follower adjacent one end of the casing and adapted to be contacted by the contents thereof, a

revoluble shaft, means actuated thereby for reciprocating the follower, a clutch member revoluble with the shaft, a drive member, an inclined guide fixedly mounted, a slide thereon, a connection between the slide and the drive element, a lever, a link connection between said link and the slide, means for transmitting motion to said lever from the means employed for raising and lowering the casing.

9. In a machine of the class described, the combination with guides, of a frusto-conical casing mounted to slide thereon and having open ends, a door constituting a portion of the wall of the casing, a controlling lever, means operated thereby for raising and lowering the casing, a follower, and means for reciprocating the follower to even the contents of the casing.

10. In a machine of the class described, the combination with guides, of a casing open at its ends, means thereon slidably e11- gaging the guides, a controlling lever, means operated thereby for shifting the casing along the guides, and means mounted for reciprocation adjacent one end of the casing for evening the contents of the casing.

11. A machine of the class described in cluding an element for embracing a bundle of broom corn, an element for supporting the bundle, and means for reciprocating one of said elements relative to the other to even the broom corn contained within the first named element. V

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aiiixed my signa ture in the presence of two witnesses.

HARRY H. CURTIS.

Witnesses JOSEPHINE DEL GRANDE, WILBER H. HIGKMAN.

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Washington, D. G. 

